Kramer earned the award along with Wenbin Jin, who earned a Certificate of Performance from the Yale School of Music in 2009.

According to a Yale School of Music news release, “both also won additional prizes: Jin for Best Performance of the Chinese Commissioned Work and Best Chinese Contestant, and Kramer for Best Performance of Lieder.”

Kramer and Jin split a $20,000 (U.S.) cash prize. They each received an additional $1,000 for each category prize, per information provided on the competition website.